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Longtime New York Jets guard Brandon Moore decided to retire on Wednesday after signing with the Dallas Cowboys the previous day, according to multiple reports. Moore and the Cowboys had reached a deal on a one-year contract Tuesday night before his abrupt change of heart. An undrafted free agent out of Illinois in 2003, Moore walked away from a $1.25 million salary, a $500,000 signing bonus and incentives. The 33-year-old Moore would have rejoined former Jets offensive coordinator Bill Callahan, who now holds the same position with the Cowboys.

The White House this week held off on honoring Ald. Joe Moore, 49th, as a pioneer for political reform pending the outcome of a city ethics probe into allegations he fired an employee who accused him of doing campaign work in his ward office in violation of city laws. Ald. Joe Moore said Wednesday he was disappointed that what he considers an unfair ethics probe into his ward office employment practices prevented him from getting a good-government award from the White House this week.

Ald. Joe Moore said Wednesday he was disappointed that what he considers an unfair ethics probe into his ward office employment prevented him from getting a good government award from the White House this week. The veteran 49th Ward alderman already was in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday to accept the award hailing him as a “pioneer for political reform” when the brouhaha about his admission Monday that FBI agents had questioned him reached the White House. Moore said he helped make the decision to hold off on collecting the honor pending the outcome of a city ethics probe of an accusation that he fired an employee who accused him of doing campaign work in his taxpayer-subsidized ward office.

In a case of only-in-Chicago political timing, the White House announced Monday it would honor Ald. Joe Moore as a “pioneer for political reform,” the same day the veteran City Council member revealed he has spoken to FBI agents about allegations he improperly paid two aides he fired. The accusations involving the ex-employees surfaced in a report from Legislative Inspector General Faisal Khan, one of several cases of alleged aldermanic wrongdoing the council's watchdog highlighted.

There may be Moore trouble ahead for The Weinstein Company. On July 26, the lawyer for 1960s R&B singer Sam Moore will make the case in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati (Sixth District) that his client's 2009 lawsuit against the Weinstein Co. and its principals, Bob and Harvey Weinstein, over their 2008 film "Soul Men" should still get a trial. Arnold Lutzker, of the firm Lutzker & Lutzker, will present oral arguments claiming that the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee in Nashville erred when it granted the Weinsteins' request for summary judgment, effectively deep-sixing the case back in May 2012.

In a case of only-in-Chicago political timing, the White House announced Monday it would honor Ald. Joe Moore as a "pioneer for political reform," the same day the veteran City Council member revealed he has spoken to FBI agents about allegations he improperly paid two aides he fired. The accusations involving the ex-employees surfaced in a report from Legislative Inspector General Faisal Khan, one of several cases of alleged aldermanic wrongdoing the council's watchdog highlighted.

OTTAWA, July 15 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper named James Moore, a rising star in the Conservative government, as industry minister, giving him responsibility to review major foreign takeovers of Canadian companies and for telecommunications. Moore was heritage minister for almost five years.

Bolingbrook boys basketball coach Rob Brost hopes to fix one problem with four different parts. The Raiders lost one of their best players in school history in SMU-bound Ben Moore. The 6-foot-7 Moore averaged nearly 16.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 assists per game in leading the Raiders to a 20-8 mark last season. But help is on the way in many different forms. "We've been lucky as far as post kids lately," Brost said. "We've been relatively deep at that position.

The Sports Xchange By Bob Bellone, The Sports Xchange Rays' Moore picks up 13th win, All-Star spot ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Good things come to those who wait, especially when they collect 13 pitching victories before the All-Star break. Tampa Bay Rays left-hander Matt Moore did just that, working into the eighth inning of a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins in a Thursday matinee at Tropicana Field. Once word leaked out that Moore had been added to the American League All-Star team, he didn't have to wait for the official postgame announcement from manager Joe Maddon and executive vice president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman.

The Sports Xchange Moore's 'second chance' leads Rays to 5-1 win over Blue Jays ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Matt Moore said escaping the third inning scoreless on Tuesday at Tropicana Field was like a "second chance. " He made the most of it. The sometimes-dominating, sometimes-dumfounding left-hander recovered from nagging wildness and early troubles to win his tenth game of the season as the Tampa Bay Rays again stifled the Toronto Blue Jays in a 5-1 victory at Tropicana Field.